PRIDE Marketing and Procurement, the dealer/shareholder-owned buying group, had a busy agenda for its April 8-13 Spring Conference in Denver. New board members were elected, preferred suppliers were honored, and new executives were appointed to helm the New Orleans-based group.Demetre Selevredes II has been named President and interim Chief Executive Office in the wake of…

Henry Singer has been named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest distinction. The award ceremony honoring Americans for their “personal contributions towards France’s liberation” in World War II was presided over by France’s Consul-General on April 15 at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. Singer served in the Army Infantry in France, arriving…

Ed Dorian, founder and former chairman of Dorian Drake International, died April 20 following a long battle with cancer. He was 92. Dorian served in the U.S. Army in Europe and Japan during World War II, and had a rich and varied international business career in export finance and export management. After 18 years with…

After a year of planning, nail-pounding and plaster dust, Globe Equipment Co. has completed the renovation of its Bridgeport, Conn., warehouse and showroom. The Ringelheim family and Globe staff will celebrate with official grand opening festivities next month. Those festivities begin June 22, when President Jay Ringelheim is honored by the AJC with a Human Relations…